The US government has agreed to sell Saudi Arabia’s $ 15 billion Thad missile defense system, the State Department said Friday.

The deal comes after the failure of the US Patriot system to intercept ballistic missiles fired by the Yemeni army and the Popular Committees on military targets in the depth of Saudi in response to the aggression and massacres against the Yemeni people since March 2015.

The agreement came a day after Saudi Arabia was listed as a blacklist for the killing and maiming of children in Yemen and comes a day after an initial agreement was signed paving the way for Saudi Arabia to acquire the Russian S-400 air defense system.

“This sale supports US national security and foreign policy interests, and supports the long-term security of Saudi Arabia and the Gulf region in the face of Iran and other regional threats,” the ministry said in a statement.

The ministry said it would advise Congress that Saudi Arabia’s ownership of the Thad system would “protect US forces and their allies in the Gulf.”

“The proposal to sell this system and its accompanying equipment will not change the basic military balance in the region,” the statement said, referring to the military superiority of the Zionist entity in the region.

The deal, which could be made if Congress did not object within 30 days, should be seen as part of the $ 110 billion deal promised by US President Donald Trump during his visit to Saudi Arabia last May, officials told AFP. .

Lockheed Martin is the main contractor in the Thad system and Raytheon plays an important role in deploying the system. Washington has sold the Thad system to the UAE and Qatar.

The Pentagon has expressed concern that its Saudi ally has been seeking to buy the Russian S-400 missile defense systems.

“We are concerned about the purchase of some of our allies for the S-400 system, because we have repeatedly stressed the importance of maintaining operational compatibility (for allied systems) with state weapons systems,” Defense Department spokeswoman Michelle Baldanza told a news conference on Thursday evening. The United States and other countries in the region, during the implementation of large military deals for the purchase of weapons, because that is necessary to address common threats.

And recently suffered the reputation of American weapons after being insulted by the Yemeni army and the People’s Committees, who documented images and television scenes to destroy the pride of American industries of Abrams tanks and Bradley cars and other sophisticated American weapons.

Recently, air defenses of the Yemeni army and the Popular Committees managed to shoot down the most sophisticated US spy plane, the MQ 9Riber, in the capital Sana’a last Sunday.

The Yemeni missile force was able to neutralize the US missile defense systems Patriot. Yemeni ballistic missiles were able to hit the Saudi depth, including hitting Riyadh, and hitting the capital of the UAE Abu Dhabi without being able to intercept it.